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New Avengers #19 – Review

Posted on December 15, 2011 by paladinking

by Brian Michael Bendis (writer), Mike Deodato (art), Rain Beredo (colors), and Joe Caramagna (letters) The Story:  Norman Osborn explains the mission statement to his new Avengers and Victoria Hand plays her…hand? The Review:  Every now and then, as a devoted comic reader, you find yourself reading something that’s just mind-numbingly stupid.  New Avengers #19, [...]

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Avengers #16 – Review

Posted on August 17, 2011 by paladinking

by Brian Michael Bendis (writer), John Romita Jr. (pencils), Klaus Janson (inks), Paul Mounts (colors), and Cory Petit (letters) The Story: Having gotten a lead, Steve Rogers leads a strike force to claim vengeance against Sin. What’s Good:  Aside from the first couple of pages, this isn’t really an Avengers comic at all.  Rather, it’s [...]

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New Avengers #15 – Review

Posted on August 12, 2011 by paladinking

by Brian Michael Bendis (writer), Mike Deodato (art), Rain Beredo (colors), and Cory Petit (letters) The Story: Squirrel Girl tries to prove her worth, as she runs through a New York City under attack to get to Luke and Jessica’s baby. What’s Good: When I read that this issue was going to be centred on [...]

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New Avengers #14 – Review

Posted on July 13, 2011 by paladinking

by Brian Michael Bendis (writer), Mike Deodato (art), Rain Beredo (colors), and Joe Caramagna (letters) The Story: The New Avengers race to defend New York against Sin’s attack while Mockingbird tests her newly gained powers. What’s Good:  When he puts his mind to it, Brian Bendis is capable of truly fantastic, intimate character-work, and that’s [...]

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Avengers #12 – Review

Posted on April 20, 2011 by paladinking

by Brian Michael Bendis (writer), John Romita Jr. (pencils), Klaus Janson (inks), Dean White (colors), and Cory Petit (letters) The Story: Parker Robbins makes his stand against the Avengers in attempting to gather all of the infinity gems. The Review:  Wow.  Art-wise, this is simply gorgeous.  Both Romita Jr. and Dean White go all out [...]

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New Avengers #11 – Review

Posted on April 14, 2011 by paladinking

by Brian Michael Bendis (writing), Mike Deodato & Howard Chaykin (art), Rain Beredo & Edgar Delgado (colors), and Joe Caramagna (letters) The Story: Doctors try to save Mockingbird while in the past, Nick and friends raid a Red Skull base. The Review: New Avengers #11 is a very frustrating issue to review.  On the one [...]

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Avengers #11 – Review

Posted on March 30, 2011 by paladinking

by Brian Michael Bendis (writer), John Romita Jr. (pencils), Klaus Janson (inks), Dean White (colors), and Cory Petit (letters) The Story: The Avengers and the Illuminati raise to secure the rest of the Infinity Gems before the Hood does. The Review: It’s always something of a treat to see a creator take a big creative [...]

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New Avengers #10 – Review

Posted on March 9, 2011 by paladinking

by Brian Michael Bendis (writer), Mike Deodato & Howard Chaykin (art), Rain Beredo & Edgar Delgado (colors), and Joe Caramagna (letters) The Story: The Avengers continue the fight against Superia while in 1959, Nick and Dum Dum meet some new friends. The Review: Oh, Howard Chaykin.  What the hell happened this month?  There’s got to [...]

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Powers #7 – Review

Posted on March 6, 2011 by paladinking

by Brian Michael Bendis (writer), Michael Avon Oeming (art), Nick Filardi (colors), and Chris Eliopoulos (letters) The Story: Christian and Enki question members of the Golden Ones while dealing with Deena Pilgrim’s surprise return. The Review: It has been five months since the last issue of Powers came out.  Five months.  It wasn’t the end [...]

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Avengers #10 – Review

Posted on February 24, 2011 by paladinking

by Brian Michael Bendis (writer), John Romita Jr. (pencils), Klaus Janson (inks), and Dean White (colors) The Story: The Avengers check to make sure that Xavier and Namor’s infinity gems are safe. The Review: Avengers #10 is, unfortunately, something of a stumbling block for the series after a couple of solid outings. The main culprit [...]

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New Avengers #9 – Review

Posted on February 10, 2011 by paladinking

by Brian Michael Bendis (writer), Howard Chaykin & Mike Deodato (art), and Rain Beredo & Edgar Delgado (colors) The Story: The Avengers interrupt Superia’s plans in the present while, in the past, Nick Fury finds himself recruited into a certain initiative. What’s Good: I wish Howard Chaykin would draw more comics.  He handles the Nick [...]

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Avengers #9 – Review

Posted on January 29, 2011 by paladinking

by Brian Michael Bendis (writer) & John Romita Jr. (artist) The Story: The Illuminati are caught in the act and the Hood comes back more dangerous than ever. What’s Good: Already, I’m enjoying this second arc quite a bit more than its predecessor.  The title feels less hamstrung in its storytelling thanks to the lack [...]

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Scarlet #4 – Review

Posted on January 22, 2011 by paladinking

by Brian Michael Bendis (writer), Alex Maleev (art & colors), and Chris Eliopoulos (letters) The Story: Scarlet’s video of her assassinating the police chief goes viral, causing a flash mob of Scarlet supporters to rally. What’s Good: For all the critical buzz it’s been getting, I’ve still been a bit on the fence about Scarlet, [...]

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Avengers #8 – Review

Posted on December 31, 2010 by paladinking

by Brian Michael Bendis (writer), John Romita Jr. (pencils), Klaus Janson (inks), Dean White & Paul Mounts (colors), and Cory Petit (letters) The Story: The Illuminati re-unite to discuss the recent infinity gem troubles. What’s Good: It’s another solid issue of Avengers as this title continues to improve.  More than anything, Avengers #8 further solidifies [...]

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New Avengers #7 – Review

Posted on December 12, 2010 by paladinking

by Brian Michael Bendis, Stuart Immonen (pencils), Wade von Grawbadger (inks), Laura Martin (colors), and Joe Caramagna (letters) The Story: The Avengers set their house in order and get a little help along the way. What’s Good: This is one of those issues that’ll serve as a litmus test for how much of a fan [...]

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Avengers #7 – Review

Posted on November 20, 2010 by paladinking

by Brian Michael Bendis (writer), John Romita Jr. (pencils), Klaus Janson (inks), Dean White (colors), and Cory Petit (letters) The Story: There’s somebody trying to collect infinity gems, and that can’t be good… What’s Good: After all the time-traveling hijinks, the is actually a really comforting issue of the Avengers if only because it feels [...]

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New Avengers #6 – Review

Posted on November 13, 2010 by paladinking

by Brian Michael Bendis (writer), Stuart Immonen (pencils), Wade von Grawbadger (inks), Laura Martin & Rain Beredo (colors), and Chris Eliopoulos (letters) The Story: A mystically roided up Wolverine takes on Agamotto for the fate of the universe. What’s Good: This arc has bothered in a way; Bendis seems so intent on convincing us of [...]

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Scarlet #3 – Review

Posted on November 9, 2010 by paladinking

by Brian Michael Bendis (writer), Alex Maleev (art & colors), and Chris Eliopoulos (letters) The Story: Scarlet finds a new ally and declares war on Portland’s police department, taking on its chief. What’s Good: I really feel as though the ball got rolling with this issue.  The story moves at a decent pace and, finally, [...]

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Siege #4 – Review

Posted on May 13, 2010 by paladinking

by Brian Michael Bendis (writer), Olivier Coipel (pencils), Mark Morales (inks), Laura Martin (colors), and Chris Eliopoulos (letters) The Story: The battle with the Void concludes, leading to the dawning of a new chapter for the Marvel Universe.  Oh, and two major characters die. What’s Good: The majority of this book is one gigantic fight [...]

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Ultimate Comics Spider-Man #4 – Review

Posted on November 9, 2009 by Ray Hilario

By Brian Michael Bendis (Writer), David Lafuente (Pencils), Justin Ponsor (Colorist) The Story: Following the drama of Johnny Storm moving in, and the shouting-contest with MJ, Spider-Man finally faces bigger challenges this month. The mysterious hooded vigilante (aka the Shroud) serves up his/ her brand of justice once again, while saving MJ. Meanwhile, Mysterio strikes, [...]

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Ultimate Comics Spider-Man #3 – Review

Posted on October 7, 2009 by rsg8101

By Brian Bendis (writer), David Lafuente (art), and Justin Posner (colorist) The Story: Mysterio makes his move against NYC while Peter and MJ air-out their anger against one another. Plus, Johnny Storm establishes his permanence in Peter’s daily life. What’s Good: Those of you who like the “Bendis banter” will like the lengthy dialogue that [...]

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Ultimate Comics Spider-Man #2 – Review

Posted on September 9, 2009 by Ray Hilario

By Brian Michael Bendis (Writer), David Lafuente (Pencils), Justin Ponsor (Colorist) The Story: Johnny Storm returns, while it’s another day for Spider-Man: school and battling NY’s criminals. Meanwhile, somewhere in his monitor-filled hideout, Mysterio reveals his plans. What’s Good: Not a whole lot, considering that this was one giant “beat around the bush” issue filled [...]

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Rob G’s Top Ten Number #1′s

Posted on July 28, 2009 by rsg8101

The following list is my picks for the best first issues, based on comics that have been released during by tenure as a hobbyist, i.e the past twenty years. They are from series that were or are ongoing series, not minis. The only factor in choosing these books was simple: Greatness. 1. Y The Last [...]

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Ultimate Spider-Man #132 – Review

Posted on May 15, 2009 by rsg8101

By Brian Bendis (writer), Stuart Immonen (pencils), Wade Von Grawbadger (inks), Justin Ponsor (colors) The Story: Ultimatum drudges on in Ultimate Spider-Man like sludge through a sewer. New York is still destroyed and people are still scrambling for survival.  Spidey and the Hulk confront monsters at Doctor Strange’s mansion,  while the people closest to Peter look for him, dramatically. [...]

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Mighty Avengers #20 – Review

Posted on December 21, 2008 by Deamentia

By Brian Bendis (writer) , Lee Weeks, Jim Cheung, and Carlo Paglayan (artists), Jeffrey Huet (inks), Dean White and Jason Keith (colorists) The Story: Serving as the Secret Invasion epilogue, Mighty Avengers #20 closes the book on the current Avengers team and follows Hank Pym as he deals with the loss of The Wasp. Readers [...]

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